In the second year of Chongzhen, February 11.

Wang Chengen, Song Tongyin, and Wei Yunzhong got drunk in Wang Zezhi's tent, and only woke up on the second day.

When the three of them woke up, Wang Zezhi was working outside.

However, before Wang Zezhi went out, he had already instructed the logistics to prepare toiletries, food, and sobering soup for the three of them.

The three of them sorted out their clothes and came to Wang Zezhi's big tent together, looking at each other, no longer familiar with yesterday, it seemed that the three of them felt a little embarrassed to meet here.

"Lord Wang is early, Lord Song is early."

"Lord Wang is early, and Governor Wei is early."

"It's early, it's early, hehe... Ahem..."

"Three adults, please enter the account, my family's chief soldier will come later."

The guards outside the tent remembered Wang Zezhi's explanation, and after he saw the three of them, he led them to the big tent and informed Wang Zezhi to go.

Wang Zezhi didn't freshen up, and returned to the account with a dirty body.

"Your lords forgive your sins, you have lost the land for the first time, and everything needs to be done, so you will go to work early in the morning."

"General Wang is polite."

"General Wang is so diligent, what is the crime? We won't be so unproductive. ”

"That's it, we're brothers, why are you so polite."

The three of them politely glanced at each other awkwardly, and suddenly fell silent.

Wang Zezhi looked at the three of them strangely, he didn't know what the three of them were bored with.

"Let's go out and talk." The three silent people suddenly said in unison.

Wang Ze was stunned, and then said to Wang Chengen: "Lord Wang, let's go out and talk first." ”

Wang Zezhi was stunned for a moment and understood that these three people had something to ask him.

Wang Chengen smiled, saluted the other two, and followed Wang Zezhi out.

"Lord Wang, but you have something to say and listen to the general?"

"It's not a big deal, that... Is that briquette still there? ”

Wang Zezhi has been waiting for an opportunity to sell briquettes, and now the opportunity has finally come.

Wang Zezhi was happy in his heart, but his face became serious.

"Lord Wang, I can't hide it, the last general doesn't have this thing, this thing was accidentally obtained by the last general from the hands of private traders, and he can't find it for a while.

The last general dared to ask, did Lord Wang ask for briquettes for the queen? ”

Wang Chengen's face turned pale at first, then frowned, and finally stretched out again.

"General Wang doesn't know, the queen gave birth to a princess... Prince. ”

Although Chongzhen's first son must be the crown prince, he was not before Emperor Chongzhen was canonized, so Wang Chengen did not dare to say that he was the crown prince.

"Great joy, this is great joy.

In this case, the last general is willing to put up a notice and offer a large reward for briquettes, and when this thing is found, the last general will be sent to the capital as soon as possible, what do you think? ”

Wang Chengen was happy at first, and then worried.

"I'm afraid it's too late."

It would take several days to get to the capital from here, and he was afraid that the queen would not be able to endure it for so long.

"Lord Wang, rest assured, the last general is willing to take one hundred taels of silver as a bounty to seek this thing, and the last general believes that under the heavy reward, this thing is not difficult to obtain."

Wang Chengen was overjoyed, one hundred taels, that is a huge amount of money, so the person who owns this thing will definitely go crazy, and it should be stable to find a briquette.

"Okay, General Wang has a heart, in this case, I will definitely say a few good words for the general in front of the emperor."

Wang Chengen's words are terrible, ordinary people can't get such a promise from him.

Wang Zezhi can, that's because he is attentive.

"My lord, you think it's so good, I will arrange for you to wait in Datong Mansion first, and when someone presents briquettes, you can escort the briquettes into Beijing as soon as possible."

"That's very good."

"Someone, send Lord Wang back to Datong Mansion."

Wang Zeyi gave an order, and someone immediately came to lead the way and took Wang Chengen back to Datong Mansion. Qishu.com

When Wang Chengen left, Wang Zezhi immediately called Yu Zhong and ordered him to make arrangements according to the previous plan.

After being loyal to the implementation of the plan, Wang Zezhi returned the account and invited Song Tongyin.

Song Tongyin was much more direct than Wang Chengen, so he wanted to ask if the potatoes were ripe and how much the yield per mu was.

Wang Zezhi told him that he would have to wait a month and find out in March.

Song Tongyin shook his head regretfully and went back to Taiyuan Mansion.

In the end, only Wei Yunzhong remained.

Wei Yunzhong first returned the holy decree given to him by Wang Zezhi.

Wei Yunzhong told Wang Zezhi that he had condoled the soldiers who had been guarding the border for many years, and learned that most of them had been arrested by Wang Zezhi for making trouble, and he hoped that Wang Zezhi would release them.

Wang Zezhi directly told them that some of these people were killed in the mutiny, and part of them were eaten by wild wolves on the grassland, and he had no border soldiers in his hands except for the border soldiers in the Datong Zhongyi Battalion.

If Wei Yunzhong wants these people, he can ask them if they are willing, as long as they are willing to go, Wang Zezhi will release them immediately.

Wei Yunzhong sighed, he knew that the salaries owed by the imperial court to the border soldiers were all repaid by Wang Zezhi.

As for what Wang Zezhi said, only the Datong Loyal Battalion was left in the Datong Border Army, and he definitely didn't believe it.

However, now that they are brothers, he also has to think about the king.

The Hetao has just been recovered, and it is time to employ people.

Wei Yunzhong coughed, he planned to open one eye and close one eye, and let Wang Zezhi fool around.

Wei Yunzhong told Wang Zezhi that he had made a mistake, and he demanded that the treatment of those who went deep behind enemy lines to find out the enemy's situation be increased.

He asked Wang Zezhi to give him a copy of the roster of sentry spies in his hand to investigate the enemy's situation, and Wang Zezhi agreed to this request without even thinking about it.

No matter how small the mosquito meat is, it is still meat, and there is no reason not to want the meat delivered to the mouth.

Wei Yunzhong hoped that Wang Zezhi would strengthen the management of the troops and not let the soldiers in the troops be the one to the disaster.

Wang Zezhi also agreed to his request, because this was also Wang Zezhi's request to the troops.

Wei Yunzhong expressed the hope that Wang Zezhi would treat the soldiers well and give bereavement to the soldiers who were far away from home, especially the families of the meritorious soldiers, the disabled soldiers, and the fallen soldiers.

When Wang Zezhi heard his request, he gave him a detailed explanation of the military merit system.

Wei Yunzhong listened carefully to Wang Zezhi's talk about the military merit system, as well as the pension system, and looked at Wang Zezhi, which became more and more pleasing to the eye.

Wei Yunzhong wanted to repair the barracks and various military facilities in Datong Mansion, but he had no food in his hand, so he hoped that Wang Zezhi could lend him some.

In this regard, Wang Zezhi pondered for a moment and told him that he had an agency called the ticket number under his hand, where he could borrow money.

However, borrowing money there requires collateral and interest.

When Wei Yunzhong heard that Wang Zezhi was going to give usury, he directly blew his beard and glared angrily.

shouted again and again, he was the eldest brother, and the eldest brother asked the younger brother where he borrowed money to ask for interest.

Wang Zezhi knew how difficult it was for him to carry so many soldiers, and there were many soldiers under his command who died in battle.

When Wei Yunzhong heard this, he softened.

Although he shouted in his mouth, Wang Zezhi didn't mean it enough, but he still wrote down the ticket number in his heart.

As soon as this incident passed, Wei Yunzhong's expression suddenly became solemn.

"Is this serious in the matter of empty salaries in the army?"

Wei Yunzhong took out a copy of the "Sanjin Commentary" from his sleeve pocket, which reported on the empty salary of Datong Mansion.

"It's more serious than I imagined, my eldest brother doesn't know, there are tens of thousands of border soldiers who came to make trouble that day, and there are only more than 1,000 soldiers and horses under my command.

These more than 1,000 people defeated them without much effort......"

Wang Zezhi talked about the number of border soldiers and the situation of armor and weapons one by one.

After Wei Yunzhong heard this, his face was full of anger.

He decided to make a commotion and asked the court to re-verify the number of soldiers in each battalion and fort and fire road pier, and to verify the number of armor and weapons issued in each battalion and fort and fire road pier.

Speaking of excitement, Wei Yunzhong was about to leave and go back to Datong Mansion to write a recital.

Before leaving, he told Wang Zezhi that now that the city of Datong was empty of air defense, he planned to strictly select military fortress commanders with real talent and learning, and then send them to various places to replenish the troops.

In addition, he told Wang Zezhi that he thought Wang Zezhi's office hall in Datong Mansion was good, so he requisitioned it first.

Wang Zezhi couldn't cry or laugh, so he had to agree.

Anyway, he has to be stationed in Qu Yechuan, and he won't need it for a while.